Potential New player here.. Cards and Dice or Online?

[Casey]

Nov 28, 2015 17:06:46 GMT -5 lk3185 said:

Hi guys, I say potential new player even though over the past few months, my interest in playing the game has grown. Even just in the last few days, I got the free demo pack for online and played around with that, looked all over the site and boards, signed up here, looked at the wiki....I've even read the first 50 pages of Pariah's  GWF Code is broken fed lols

I get like this, sometimes it passes, sometimes it doesn't but one thing is certain, I want to soon get started with a full starter set.. I'm leaning heavily to Champions of the Galaxy even though I'd be also doing the  indy sets and Legends, the unique characters TF has created in a sci fi, futuristric world really appeals to me.. Even better realizing I can do what ever I want with it.. (like time travel Bryan Danielson to GWF)

Having said all this, I was at first going to get the physical, updated 2087 intro set with the colored cards because I like how the artwork pops with color, plus I thought having the physical product with the dice would be more fun and engaging.

Problem is, while I don't mind skipping releases, not following canon, etc, if I was to get a the colored set, I'd want all sets in color.. Seems only way I can do with COTG is online.

Not to mention the physical product is more expansive than online and I don't exactly have funds flowing in right now (And I doubt the store accepts prepaid vanilla visa cards as payment so that's another hurdle to jump. The least of my issues though tbh)

Having played online with the demos, just using the game table, I'm still trying to understand all the rules and when an opponoent rolls... Something like wrestler x rolls: 6 out of the the ring (c) confuses me about who rolls next lol..

The layout online seems confusing too but maybe its only cause I have the demo cards.

The main draw to online for me is cheaper and all color cards.

The main draw of the physical model is being able to more engaged in the process possibly, having all the the things I need on hand, being able to take the game anywhere...

I can't decide....

Anyway, happy to be here!

Welcome to the Family, and I do Mean Family. I was and am still am in the same boat as to what to da next but I'm getting better. I say Family because when I went 30 hours to Cleveland for there Grapple Nerd Fest they welcomed me like Family and was greeted by name when I arrived. At the festival I rolled my first complete match. I prefer the PBP because I like reading the results.

[Casey]

P.S. I use the GWF guys like masked Lucha wrestlers.

[lk3185]

What are the differences (besides the color from Darryl banks) from the original COTG 2087 and the Updated 25th anniversary set? I know its updated and it looks like the online edition is the original version but are the stats altered to make characters more powerful in the updated version? More rules/charts etc?

I don't if it will effect my decision or not, just curious.

[Crossbones]

Nov 29, 2015 16:38:37 GMT -5 lk3185 said:

What are the differences (besides the color from Darryl banks) from the original COTG 2087 and the Updated 25th anniversary set? I know its updated and it looks like the online edition is the original version but are the stats altered to make characters more powerful in the updated version? More rules/charts etc?

I don't if it will effect my decision or not, just curious.

The rules/charts are the same, wrestlers stats are the same as well. The 25th Anniversary edition was just to celebrate 25 years the game had been out with updated artwork.

[Casey]

What about the live set?

[TTX]

Nov 29, 2015 16:41:58 GMT -5 Crossbones said:

Nov 29, 2015 16:38:37 GMT -5 lk3185 said:

What are the differences (besides the color from Darryl banks) from the original COTG 2087 and the Updated 25th anniversary set? I know its updated and it looks like the online edition is the original version but are the stats altered to make characters more powerful in the updated version? More rules/charts etc?

I don't if it will effect my decision or not, just curious.

The rules/charts are the same, wrestlers stats are the same as well. The 25th Anniversary edition was just to celebrate 25 years the game had been out with updated artwork.

Actually all the wrestlers were legalized to modern rules. So no ch G/deathjumps and such. Also Commander Sam slightly improved among others.

[Crossbones]

Nov 29, 2015 17:02:26 GMT -5 TTX said:

Nov 29, 2015 16:41:58 GMT -5 Crossbones said:

The rules/charts are the same, wrestlers stats are the same as well. The 25th Anniversary edition was just to celebrate 25 years the game had been out with updated artwork.

Actually all the wrestlers were legalized to modern rules. So no ch G/deathjumps and such. Also Commander Sam slightly improved among others.

Oh okies, my badd

[lk3185]

I have a couple ideas in my head where I would time travel some characters from 2087 to a more current year, things like that and I wouldn't want the stats/rules to be vastly different.. nor if I was going to year to year. Online seems the best way to go year to year though.

[jimsteel]

I prefer dice and cards myself

[TTX]

if money is a concern and you are playing from 87, yes online is the way to go.